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Etymology: Otopharynx: Greek, ous = hear + Greek, pharyngx = pharynx (Ref. 45335); pachycheilus: Named after the thick lip, the character that first made this species immediately recognizable as a unique three-spotted taxon (Ref. 40031).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 125 - 135 m (Ref. 58018). Tropical
Africa: Lake Malawi (Ref. 40031).
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.5 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 40031); 15.1 cm SL (female)
Short description
Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale): 15 - 17; Raggi dorsali molli (totale): 9-11; Spine anali 3; Raggi anali molli: 8 - 10. Body relatively deep; head large (Ref. 40031). Jaws isognathous (Ref. 40031). Lips greatly enlarged (Ref. 40031, 54524), soft, and deeply folded back onto snout and lower jaw (Ref. 40031). Premaxillary pedicel not prominent (Ref. 40031). Teeth in outer rows of upper and lower jaws bicuspid, relatively closely set (Ref. 40031). Pectoral fin relatively long, extending past base of third anal fin spine to base of seventh anal fin ray (Ref. 40031). Caudal fin scaled more than three quarters of fin length near dorsal and ventral edges (Ref. 40031).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Arnegard, M.E. and J. Snoeks, 2001. New three-spotted cichlid species with hypertrophied lips (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the deep waters of Lake Malawi/Nyasa, Africa. Copeia 2001(3):703-717. (Ref. 40031)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01905 (0.00827 - 0.04391), b=3.01 (2.82 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).